xiv, 258 pages : 21 cm

Incorporating important recent scholarship, this popular supplement combines a comprehensive essay on the history of McCarthyism with compelling documents that trace the course of anti-Communist furor in the U.S. The volumes 95-page essay follows the campaign against domestic subversion from its origins in the 1930s through its escalation in the 1940s to its decline in the 1950s. The second part includes over 47 original documents (including 6 new sources) -- congressional transcripts, FBI reports, speeches, and letters -- that chronicle the anti-Communist crusade. The essay and documents have been thoroughly updated to reflect new scholarship and recently revealed archival evidence of Soviet spying in the U.S. Also included are headnotes to the documents, 15 black-and-white photographs, a glossary, a chronology of McCarthyism, a revised bibliographical essay, and an index

Previous edition: Boston, Mass. : Bedford Books, 2002

Includes bibliographical references (pages 241-249) and index

Introduction: The age of McCarthyism. The American Communist Party ; The growth of the anti-Communist network ; Communism and national security : the menace emerges ; The state steps in : setting the anti-Communist agenda ; Communists in government and the big spy cases ; Atomic espionage ; The Loyalty-Security Program ; The assault on the Communist Party ; The destruction of the Communist fronts and unions ; Congressional committees and unfriendly witnesses ; Red-baiting and careerism : Joseph McCarthy at work ; Congressional investigations and the "loss" of China ; Anticommunism at the state and local levels ; Blacklists and other economic sanctions ; Liberals and the struggle against McCarthyism ; The legacy of McCarthyism -- The documents. The Communist Party perspective : William Z. Foster looks at the world in 1947. 1. William Z. Foster, The New Europe, 1947 -- The Anti-Communist perspective : the American Legion. 2. James F. O'Neil, How you can fight Communism, August 1948 -- Quarantining communism : J. Edgar Hoover speaks to the American people. 3. J. Edgar Hoover, Testimony before HUAC, March 26, 1947 -- Communist spies in the State Department : the emergence of the Hiss case. 4. Washington KGB, Telegram to Moscow, March 30, 1945 ; 5. Washington KGB, Telegram to Moscow, March 5, 1945 ; 6. Whittaker Chambers, Testimony before HUAC, August 3, 1948 ; 7. Alger Hiss, Testimony before HUAC, August 5, 1948 ; 8. Whittaker Chambers, Testimony before HUAC, August 7, 1948 ; 9. Alger Hiss, Testimony before HUAC, August 16, 1948 ; 10. Whittaker Chambers and Alger Hiss, Testimony before HUAC, August 17, 1948 ; 11. Whittaker Chambers at the HUAC hearing, August 25, 1948 ; 12. Whittaker Chambers, Statement to the FBI, December 3, 1948 ; 13. The "Pumpkin Papers," December 1948 -- Atomic espionage and the Rosenberg case. 14. Klaus Fuchs, Confession to William Skardon, January 27, 1950 ; 15. A.H. Belmont, Office memorandum on Julius Rosenberg, July 17, 1950 ; 16. J. Edgar Hoover, Memorandum to the Attorney General, July 19, 1950 ; 17. Judge Irving Kaufman, Sentencing of Julius and Ethel Rosenberg, April 5, 1951 ; 18. David Greenglass, Grand jury testimony, August 7, 1950 ; 19. Ethel Rosenberg, Letter to Julius Rosenberg, February 26, 1952 ; 20. Julius Rosenberg, Letter to Ethel Rosenberg, May 31, 1953 ; 21. Love in a Cold War climate, August 3, 1950 -- The Truman administration deals with the Communist menace : the 1947 Loyalty-Security Program. 22. Harry S. Truman, Executive Order 9835, March 21, 1947 -- A political test for employment : the Loyalty-Security Program in operation. 23. The Federal Loyalty-Security Program: Case 1 ; 24. The Federal Loyalty-Security Program: Case 2 -- Purging the Labor movement: the CIO expels its left-wing unions. 25. Resolution on Expulsion of the United Electrical, Radio, and Machine Workers of America, November 1949

Communism in court : excerpts from the 1949 Smith Act Trial of the Communist Party's eleven top leaders. 26. John F.X. McGohey, Opening statement on behalf of the government, March 21, 1949 ; 27. Eugene Dennis, Opening statement on behalf of the Communist Party, March 21, 1949 ; 28. Louis Budenz, Testimony, March 1949 -- Outlawing the Communist Party : the Supreme Court upholds the Smith Act. 29. Chief Justice Fred Vinson, Majority opinion in Dennis et al. v. United States, June 4, 1951 ; 30. Justice Hugo Black, Dissenting opinion in Dennis et al. v. United States, June 4, 1951 -- A liberal opposes anti-Communist legislation : Truman vetoes the Internal Security Act of 1950. 31. Harry S. Truman, Veto of the Internal Security Act of 1950, September 22, 1950 -- "I have in my hand ..." : Senator Joseph McCarthy charges that there are Communists in the State Department. 32. Senator Joseph McCarthy, Speech at Wheeling, West Virginia, February 9, 1950 -- McCarthy's Congressional critics: a Republican. 33. Senator Margaret Chase Smith, Speech in Congress, June 1, 1950 -- McCarthy's Congressional critics: a Democrat. 34. Millard Tydings, Statement in the Senate, July 20, 1950 -- McCarthy's demise. 35. Herblock, "I have here in my hand --," May 7, 1954 -- "Taking the Fifth" : the dilemma of Lillian Hellman. 36. Lillian Hellman, Letter to HUAC, May 19, 1952 -- An unfriendly witness: Paul Robeson defies HUAC. 37. Paul Robeson, Testimony before HUAC, June 12, 1956 -- Robeson escapes McCarthyism. 38. Robeson departs the United States, July 10, 1958 -- "Are you now ...?" : HUAC investigates Hollywood. 39. John Howard Lawson, Testimony before HUAC, October 27, 1947 ; 40. Ring Lardner Jr., Testimony before HUAC, October 30, 1947 ; 41. "Free the Hollywood 10" -- The Hollywood blacklist begins : studio heads fire the Hollywood Ten. 42. The Waldorf statement, December 3, 1947 -- The blacklisters' Bible : Red Channels. 43. Red Channels: The Report of Communist Influence in Radio and Television, 1950 -- The blacklist in operation : testimony from the John Henry Faulk Trial. 44. David Susskind, Testimony in Faulk v. AWARE, 1962 ; 45. Mark Goodson, Testimony in Faulk v. AWARE, 1962 ; 46. Kim Hunter, Testimony in Faulk v. AWARE, 1962 -- Unfriendly witnesses and their lawyers : the HUAC testimony of Robert Treuhaft. 47. Robert Treuhaft, Testimony before HUAC, December 3, 1953 -- Appendixes. Glossary ; A McCarthyism chronology (1917-1962) ; Questions for consideration ; Selected bibliography ; Index

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